Is the period of Swiss Mastero Federer over?
The Swiss tennis ace, Roger Federer was born on 8th August, 1981 in the city of Basel. The former world number one professional player is currently ranked number three by the ATP world rankings. The big man previously held the top spot for a period of two hundred and thirty seven weeks in a row with two hundred and eighty five over all weeks which stands him behind Pete Sampras with a difference of just a single week.
As a result of Roger's over and over victories, he was awarded as the Laureus World Sportsman of the season for a total of four years in a row from 2005 to 2008. He is often cited to as The Federer Express or named as Fed Express, the Swiss Master or just master.
One season ago today, tennis master Roger Federer was leading into the summer hard court competition on top of the tennis world. By grabbing the French Open as well as the grass court Grand Slam event one after the other, he had finished his career Grand Slam and placed himself on top of the history pages with the highest number of grand slam singles trophies from the men’s side. Look now, what a difference a single season can make.
The fans of the Swiss master, Roger Federer were quite stunned when he was knocked down in the quarter final stage of both the grass court Grand Slam event as well as the French Open. He had managed to reach a total of twenty three semi finals or even more until this year at the Roland Garros, a record streak that is extremely improbable to even be tried again. His defeat there was not as shocking as his early departure at the grass court Grand Slam event, on the very first occasion after a period of eight years he didn’t make his way into the finals, however both of the outcomes overall appear to signifies the end of an age in tennis.
Ever since Roger grabbed his first grand slam trophy at the grass court Grand Slam event back in 2002, he has been enduringly dominated the top position in the tennis world, with just Rafael Nadal handing him few critical issues.
He triumphed or fell down to the champion of every single grand slam championship for the longest period of time. While he had reflected symbols outside of Grand Slam the previous few seasons of being human, he was quite unbeatable at the major championships except when going up versus Rafa.
He begins this season nicely, grabbing the Australian Open title in quite a commanding manner. However that could be Federer’s sixteenth as well as last grand slam trophy, as he has not gained a trophy since that moment. Advancing the age of thirty, he is moving into the pitfall years for a sportsman. He blamed an injury issue not allowing him perform the manner he wished to at the grass court Grand Slam event and with a huge tennis under his belt over the past few seasons, Federer’s body may be beginning to collapse.
Probably the most obvious fact that reflects how strange the past few months for the Swiss tennis player has been is that Federer is now listed as number three in the ATP world rankings. He however, remained a top ranked player for nearly every single week for the last seven years, handing over the front seat to Rafa for just a small period of time. He may not ever recapture the world number spot as the big man will be appearing in only few championships in order to maintain his form for the major ones.
I am not going to analyze the skills of a player who is perhaps the best tennis ace of all times from grabbing a few more majors, however a figure more than twenty would be a great shock with the kind of form we have noticed over the recent past.
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